Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-08-06
BUSHES AND TREES.
How to Raise Fruits in and Around
Great Falls-HoW TO Adorn
nur Homes.

Mr.. Philip Mcclure, representing the
Commercial nurseries of Rochester, New
York, is in town. He was asked by the
TRIBUNE what success, from his observa-
ton, fruit culture has attained in Montana?
There are" he replied, several sue
cessful fruit farmers in Montana. James
Austin in the Chestnut valley has apples,
crab apples and small fruits growing sue
eessfully and bearing we'll this year. he
has five or six acres of all kinds of fruits.
He has been about -four years in the bust
ness and has some of the best varieties IN
small fruits. He finds the climate well
adapted for tlemand realizes good profits
as he finds a ready market for all he can
raise. He has grapes growing nicely.
His place is about % miles up the river
from Great Falls"
HOW TO
"What is the best way for a farmer to
start in fruit raising for home ase?"
lie ought to buy first IS or 30 currant
bushes, two wears old, and about the same
of gooseberry bushes. He should have
about 200 more bushes assorted, including
raspherries, hlackberries. and blueberrles;
some strawberry plants would also be de-
sirable. All the fruits named can be rals-
ed in northern Montana successfully and
of better quality than those produced IN
the states from the same variety. AS re-
CARDS large fruits, the farmer woul do
well to procure some Russian apple trees
which bear we'll in this climate. They
WELD excellent large, fine Favored apples
and hear one OF two years sooner than the
Am rican apple, either here or III the
states"
AS TO PLANTING.
"As regards planting, what course do
you adviser"
"The bushes, trees and plants should be
ordered early and delivered in the fall.
They should be covered up ,root n branch,
till spring, and in the spring, before the
buds start, they snould be taken out and
planted. They should be watered during
the summer. In the fall about one-thlrd
Of this, the first years growth OF the trees,
should be cut back. and when winter
comes on water may be put around them
and allowed to freeze. They should then
be mulched with fine manure. The small
fruits should lie we'll watered before Win
ter sets in. Strawberry plants ought to be
| covered with straw in the winter, care be-
| inc taken to water them abundantly first"
"When will they bear?"
"Currants and blueberries and raspber-
| ries will bear the first year after they have
| been set out as tSo-year-old bushes. The
Russian apples bear the second or third
year after setting out, the tree being a
, tllree.year-old when planted. Strawber-
| ries bear the first year."
.Do they come here in good condition.
sYes; they are selected with care and
can be forwarded by rail and wagon to
any po' Mt securely. Trees and plants for
| this locality will be forwarded by the
] Manitoba road, which will be open in
September"
ADMIREs OUR TREES.
"What do you think of u trees in the
park??"
'sThey have a very ornamental appear.
ance and add greatly to the beauty of the
city. | observe some excellent cotton
woods and elms. | would recommend
also some Norway NAPLES, boxelder and
ash. The latter has been very successful
in this territory. AS regarcs lawns, the
best shrubs are Norway spruce (Which
can be trimmed as desired, Siberian arbol
vitae, hemiock, spruce kilmarnock and
~weepingwilIow. These viii all grow lux
u%riantly here and wiIl'not cost much